Daily Republican., 1887-06-28

WOMEN WAGG. .GARNE ER3.
M Mrs. W. Bstts, In the Epoch.

Mrs. W. Bstts. In the Epoch.
have had considerable dealings
with women wage -earners, and ven
|ture to give several reasons why they
do not succeed l speak now of the
better class of women workers who
have certain amount of skill and
training.
/. Their own lack of business expc.
rience and training; also their deter.
mination to deal with the world as q
sex. They insist that the same social
laws that govern them in society shall
govern them In business. They want
the same consideration shown them in
the office or the store that they receive
in the parlor. If they are i'll they ex'
pect extra consideration shown them.
I know a lady clerk who was absent
three days week for six weeks from
the office, and who wondered why the
proprietors complained, and was as.
founded when she was told that she
could not be paid for full time. 9. In
competency. Woman rarely considers
that she is incompetent if she wants a
position, she thinks that she is quite
competent to fill it,. A woman steno-
graphcr, for instance, will look pros
peclive male employer calmly in the
| eye and tell him that she writes SO
many words a minute. She may be
able to write at that speed, but the
lemployer soon discovers that she is
utterly unable to read her notes.
l know of young woman who
could take" fifly letters day, but
half Of them had TO be given back to
her to be copied over again, on &C.
count of stupid blunders that she had
made. Women, in their work and in
their studies, too often do not go to
1.-THE bottom of things; they are not
Thorough. 8. Lack of concentration
Take O type. writer who has to make a
lcopy of some printed matter; it is the
Irarest thing in the world to find the
work done correctly. The thoughts
of the female typewriter are apt tc
wander; she does not set her mind tC
her work. The reason why women
lack concentration, and are unable tC
go to the bottom of things, is due Il
the very fact that they are women.
! When a boy enters a business he en-
ters it with the expectation of devot
ling himself to the employment that III
, has selected for life, or he means 4
make 1t stepping stone to that whicl
! shall be his lifeworK. When cir
enters business she does not do that
, she does not concentrate her mind Il
her work, but expects, naturally, il
? Idue course of time, to be wife, an,
to be taken care of, and |, for one
feel very sorry to have girls educate'
I. to any other view of life. A girl j
more valuable in business after tn
Iage of 25. She is by that time traine
Ito business habits, is self-reliant, an
recognizes the value of devotion t
business.
Usually, if she remain single unit
that age, she begins to consider sell
support rs the necessity of her life.
has sometimes been asked why coul
not the American husband and wife d
Z what such numbers of couples d
/. lin France-that is, work together i
}. the same business side by sideg Ther
. is danger in that system Where
man has the spirit of true mamie O
land self respect, it is perfectly safe fc
la woman to continue her wage-earr
ling power after marriage. at least III
It'll she is called to the higher duties {
motherhood, When once that come
into her life, all her powers-menta
moral, spiritual-should be consecra
: ted to this holy Office. As l said, If
man is real man, it is safe for W.
man to continue earning wages aitt
she is married. but l think that thei
are thousands OF men to day, "
y thousands, who have been ruined b.
= cause they were not compelled TO SUI
port their wives. II man who carr
small wages marries woman capah
of earning as much as himself, thel
are nine chances out of ten that |
/, Twill develop extravagant habits b
in cause of the added income of his wifi
is If they could agree and hold to Il
is decision that they should live on til
T. husbands income, and the earnings
Ithe wife accumulate as capital for
Ill business in which they 10th could e.
IN gage, it would be we'll; but their earl
ings would probably be largely diss
in personal adornment, the pa
sion for which, especially among Il
middle classes, Is the bane of Il
American people.